DATE AND TIME: JANUARY 29, 2012 AT 7PM

The Alberta Grocery Co-op is dumping the bosses off their backs! Come hear about a few workers’ history and experience in transitioning from a hierarchical management to collective management.

DATE AND TIME: JANUARY 28, 2012 AT 7PM

Join Judith Arcana, a former member of JANE, for this special evening about the pre-Roe abortion underground. The documentary “JANE” will be screened; also speaking will be Kate Weck of Oregon’s abortion fund. There will be books and zines for sale.

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This event, timed to the annual celebration and sadness accompanying the anniversary of the now-eviscerated 1973 Roe decision, will include a showing of the video JANE: AN ABORTION SERVICE and a discussion with (and reading by) Portland’s own Jane, writer Judith Arcana. The event is a fundraiser for the Red & Black Cafe; books and zines will be for sale; there’ll be a guest from NRO, Oregon’s regional abortion fund. Folks who missed a similar event in the blazing hot summer of 2009 will now have a chance in this colder-than-usual winter of 2012.

http://juditharcana.com/index.php/arc/jane/

DATE AND TIME: JANUARY 27, 2012 AT 7PM

The writers and cartoonists of the Independent Publishing Resource Center’s 2011/2012 Certificate Program are holding a Show & Tell of Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry and Cartoons for the public’s pleasure.

http://iprc.org

DATE AND TIME: JANUARY 25, 2012 AT 7PM

Join the Portland IWW on the last Wednesday of every month as they host this foot-stomping, rabble-rousing music night! Solidarity forever!

http://portlandiww.org

DATE AND TIME: JANUARY 20, 2012 AT 7PM

This show is gonna be a rockin’ one, courtesy of Portland favorites, Hang the Old Year, Honduran and Beach Party. More bands are being added to the bill, so check back soon!

DATE AND TIME: JANUARY 18, 2012 AT 7PM

This newly formed chapter of the healthcare cooperative will be having their monthly meetings at the Red and Black! If you’re uninsured but need healthcare, come check out what this co-op is all about.

http://www.patientphysiciancoop.com/

DATE AND TIME: JANUARY 14, 2012 AT 7PM

Caitlin Jemma is a singer-songwriter from Arcata, CA on tour to support her newly released EP. Support touring artists!

http://www.reverbnation.com/caitlinjemma

DATE AND TIME: JANUARY 12, 2012 AT 7PM

Magic: The Queer Gathering is a gathering of queers and allies building Magic decks, dueling, teaching each other and learning all they can about the Magical Multiverse.

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MTQG is awesome because it fosters a community of radical people who generally feel oppressed and excluded by other Magic/gaming crowds. MTQG gives folks the chance to play an awesome strategy game with like-minded people who are glad help each other out, take risks, and share new ideas in a queer-positive, inclusive environment!

DATE AND TIME: JANUARY 11, 2012 AT 7PM

Join Eric. A Stanley, Ralowe. T. Ampu and Toshio Meronek for a
conversation on trans/queer folks and the prison industrial complex.

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Pathologized, terrorized, and confined, trans/gender non-conforming and queer folks have always struggled against the enormity of the prison industrial complex. The first collection of its kind, Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith bring together current and former prisoners, activists, and academics to offer new ways for understanding how race, gender, ability, and sexuality are lived under the crushing weight of captivity.

Through a politic of gender self-determination, this collection argues that trans/queer liberation and prison abolition must be grown together. From rioting against police violence and critiquing hate crimes legislation to prisoners demanding access to HIV medications, and far beyond, Captive Genders is a challenge for us all to join the struggle.

“New frameworks and new vocabularies that surely will have a transformative impact on the theories and practices of twenty-first century abolition.” —Angela Y. Davis

http://captivegenders.net

Lightnin’ Seed (Mark Gunnery and Brenna Sahatjian) sing songs about herbs, storms, natural phenomenon, and politics. On a Clear Day, from Seattle, plays micro-ballads & poetic pleas, for accordion and voice.